Abstract

MACHADO MARTINEZ, Miriam; BELLO PEREZ, Ailín  and  VELIZ CONCEPCION, Olga Lidia. Maduración biológica, su relación con la edad dentaria en niños malnutridos fetales. Rev Cubana Estomatol [online]. 2003, vol.40, n.3, pp. 0-0. ISSN 1561-297X.

A longitudinal study was carried out in a sample of 100 fetal malnutrition-derived low birthweight children, aged 6-8 years at the time of study, who were born at "Mariana Grajales" provincial teaching gynecobstetric hospital located in Santa Clara City from 1990 to 1993, and a control group of 100 children with normal growth and development. Dental age was assessed in all the children to determine its relation with biological maturity. The results showed the effect of fetal malnutrition on the development of dentition, which indicated that age diagnosed by dental development is lower in children presenting with this disorder at birth whereas in non-affected children (control group) the tendency is that dental development moves ahead of the real chronological age.

Keywords : biological maturation; fetal malnutrition; dental age.